Michael Carrick stays: Ex-Man United captain Gary Neville reacts to 'surprising' call

By Matt Law | 27 Oct 2026 16:00, Last updated: 27 Oct 2026 16:05

Former Manchester United skipper Gary Neville has said that helium is "surprised" but "happy" Michael Carrick has been kept connected arsenic Red Devils caput coach.

Carrick had been expected to suffer his occupation astatine Old Trafford disconnected the backmost of the team's 3-0 decision to Bournemouth successful the Premier League connected Sunday afternoon.

However, the determination has been made for the Englishman to beryllium fixed much time. As a result, Carrick volition beryllium successful complaint for the travel to Chelsea connected Saturday afternoon.

Eddie Howe, Antonio Conte and Julian Nagelsmann person been linked with the relation astatine Old Trafford, and each 3 are disposable for an contiguous start.

However, it is understood that Man United chiefs were not convinced by immoderate of the trio, which led to Carrick being kept successful the position.

Carrick stays: Neville "happy" but "surprised" with Man United call

It is believed that the absorption of the club's fans towards Carrick connected Sunday besides played a cardinal relation successful the Englishman remaining astatine the helm.

The Man United supporters backed Carrick before, during and aft the Bournemouth clash, alternatively focusing their choler connected the players and nine chiefs.

Neville has present delivered his contiguous absorption connected the astonishing crook of events.

Carrick volition pb Man United into Saturday's crippled astatine Chelsea

"I'm happy. I'm amazed but I'm blessed due to the fact that I was perfectly definite what I witnessed connected Sunday would beryllium the extremity of Michael," Neville told Sky Sports News.

"It looked similar erstwhile helium was walking astir astatine the extremity connected his own, with his players down him, that it was a goodbye lap.

"He was waving to the fans successful an astir apologetic mode but besides arsenic a goodbye. I americium amazed that yet inactive successful a job, but I'm blessed with it due to the fact that it was precise hard connected Sunday. 

"How it's going to spell implicit the adjacent mates of weeks, I person nary idea. I anticipation helium tin get those players playing for him due to the fact that they haven't played for him successful the past fewer weeks."

Carrick volition talk to the media connected Friday up of Saturday's Premier League crippled astatine Stamford Bridge.